Balinese Gamelan in Ubud Palace

Balinese Gamelan performance in Ubud Palace, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, January 2012
The performance lasted about 80 minutes and included an interpretive dance illustrating the Hindu story of Ramayana (not shown in this video).

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wassup grade 8 students

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[@alzien1657]

Hello dear

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Hey HAHAHAH

[@kristineangelaergina1872]

Mostly Grade 8 students are the viewers this year but I admit I admire listening to it I need more like this historical music love it💜

[@backrsie2183]

🤚🏻😃

[@mr.magnum3815]

Grade 8 here

[@matthewtolentino5141]

Grade 8 here

[@jameerlawrencebondoc8162]

@@matthewtolentino5141 same

[@agungarta1476]

For those who still being confused of balinese gamelan, better if you listen carefully all the instrument, not only judging one by one because they play all the instruments to be one music. This is what balinese gamelan be like. Sometime can be very fast sometime can be very slow. Very different from javanese and sundanese, but this what make balinese gamelan sounds so unique and special. And FYI the music that played has it's own story. Sorry for my bad english. Hope you guys understand.

[@ahmadyoung1732]

agung arta iyes ai so anderstand wot yu mean broo....

[@RoilNoise]

It's amazing music, I love it, makes me happy!

[@ttvsargesaunder5203]

agung arta ii

[@ssjwes]

Thank you for the explanation. I love the music and your english is fine(understood perfectly). Have a nice day!

[@DrHokeyPokey]

I read it is also typical for the Balinese gamelan to have the different instruments tuned slightly apart, producing the acoustic beat (the shimmering vibrato effect).

[@MJMC56]

Wow that takes me back. I saw this performed in the Ubud Palace 18 years ago, I found it very moving. I'd love to go there again one day. Thanks for posting this.

[@z0mbiearms]

The main difference that I know of is tuning. Balinese gamelan instruments are in pairs that are *slightly* out of tune with one another, which creates a "shimmery" sort of pulsating effect when the pairs are played simultaneously. Hope that helps somewhat!

[@belizetobali]

They are each playing in a different octave. Western music is playing with whole and half notes (the white an black keys on a piano comes to mind), while eastern music plays on quarter, eight. . .and even 32 notes. This very complex and sophisticated system gives it that slithering sounding quality. We Westerners can hear it in the slide guitar of country western music in the US.

[@salex354]

@@belizetobali Super interesting musical lesson! Thank you

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Eyyy

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Mga grade 8 student watching the comments be like: 👁️👄👁️

[@nelsonjumang-itjr2021]

Hahahahahahahaha so true

[@beathcox]

We enjoyed this performance very much. A beautiful sound.

[@glassarthouse]

I really love how all that percussive repetition actually creates a tone like a stringed instrument, and that's one of the reasons that makes Gamelan unique in Asian percussion music.

[@viralvideo4451]

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[@ghostlytheghost7208]

This music! Sounds very professional this must took alot of time!. We must respect our ancient music and tradition! Even though we are modern kids! But its important to respect like if you agree lel jk i dont need likes i need you to respect the video

[@meathical4735]

Sudden change of tempo and dynamics. That's the answer

[@meathical4735]

Use of fast and rattling sounds din

[@alzien1657]

Thank you po

[@reijimenez4746]

Thanks!!!

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aku cinta kamu, bali

[@mariamanolova7759]

This is how Bali sounds like. Those sounds will take you back if you ever set foot on this island!

[@prasitkennyyupankikachkhan5621]

I have been in Bali for two weeks now and I just love everything about it!Including this music!!!...

[@viralvideo4451]

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[@tidakadaide]

One of the best things about bali. Thats why I go back every year!

[@Eatlead727]

I heard this and it took me back to Uluwatu

[@joss_ananascocos]

🇮🇩 I have just been there too

[@Radio_Prague]

The transitioning between these wild time signatures is impressive

[@itsjoan39532]

Yeah I'm from Philippines to but this is helpful for my module Also thank you

[@backrsie2183]

Same here🤚🏻😃🇵🇭

[@optimumpride1330]

@@backrsie2183 grade 8?

[@yzekieldungog727]

Me to : (

[@donzv]

An old master of Balinese Gamelan is worried about one of his students, who refuses to understand that certain forbidden consonances are more than just sound. The recalcitrant youngster is about to learn to respect the wisdom of his teacher, and the epiphany will take him straight to... ( 1:31 ) The Twilight Zone!

[@AndSorrowsEnd]

Absolutely in love with Balinese Gamelan, and this is a fantastic performance! As a musician, I love the viewpoint of right behind the musicians. I feel like I’m in the ensemble, in a way. To have an ounce of the talent and expertise of these guys would be a dream!

[@luvnarak7231]

Napakinggan ko na lahat pero wala pa rin akong answer

[@lorrainemacalipay2041]

HAHAHAHAHA ako din ehh

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Pinapa answer skn ng anak ko. Deko maintindihan e, prang nakakabaliw nman.

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Puro ting ting ting ting e.

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@@mgakavibes955 only Indonesians will understand

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Sabihin mo, salamat modules

[@harryhubble464]

that should be my phone ring tune

[@LeoFreemanAUST]

Amazing. How on earth do they remember all those notes? Thanks for sharing!

[@meedily]

I was wondering the same thing. I can remember semitone scales/melodies almost instantly but this lost me after the first 20 seconds. lol.

[@koobeenz777]

IMO it has to do with the origins of eastern music and how they differ from western musical cultures. Many eastern musical traditions tend to focus much more on the rhythmic aspect of the music rather than the melodic aspect. The stories that I have been told have been that this tradition goes back to eastern agricultural culture, where music was played as people transplanted rice in the paddies. The rhythms supposedly allowed the workers to work more efficiently, so bands were placed within hearing distance of each farmer. When it comes to memorizing the notes, it is muscle memory. Once you have the basic mechanics of the instrument down, it becomes surprisingly easy to memorize complex patterns. The difficulty in performance comes because the ensemble is led by a single player, who will tend to vary the speed of each pattern and the number of repetitions of the pattern. The performance comes down to adjusting your muscle memory to fit the patterns laid down by the ensemble leader. Source: Eastern musical cultures is something I explored during college, purely from a recreational point of view. I find music and foreign cultures interesting, so I filled most of my electives with foreign music courses.

[@LeoFreemanAUST]

***** Still, I'd like to know how they write and conduct the whole thing.

[@LeoFreemanAUST]

***** That makes it even more amazing.!

[@ImpmanPDX]

Leo Freeman Each member of the orchestra learns a set of patterns. With the keyed instruments like the Gender and the Slenthem each key has a number and one simply memorizes the patterns. With the Tombon or Bonang it's all rythmic. The patterns are usually conveyed orally, but I've seen modern composers write some of the stuff down. Conducting is very similar to a jazz ensemble: the leader uses non-verbal clues to determine tempo and sometimes key changes.

[@Composeyourselfcare]

This is beautiful!! Thank you for sharing. I’d love to experience this in person.

[@kussaptonugroho272]

Enjoy the gamelan bali very wonderful

[@BudionoSukses]

Hello Briankaz, may I use this music for my vlog? Thanks in advance

[@briankaz]

Sure, feel free to add a link to the video.

[@BudionoSukses]

@@briankaz thank you so much..

[@meathical4735]

Lol

[@BudionoSukses]

@@meathical4735 do you like this music as well? or just laughing out load?

[@meathical4735]

@@BudionoSukses I love the music, I just find it funny that the owner of the video responded days ago in a 2 years ago post.

[@imadelebih1374]

Bali has many different types of traditional music according to the type of ceremony activities

[@rodselda3488]

Hi grade 8 students HAHHA

[@angelaviray1009]

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[@elliotmorrison4985]

Wow! It's been great listening to the sounds and seeing them played. There sure must have been a good number of rehearsals.

[@andreichristien]

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[@cosbypoop]

The individual instruments remind me of thumb piano or high pitched marimba, but the way they all meld together as a group is something special. It is like a sitar, but instead of sympathetic strings adding drone, every single note is purposely made by a person. Ignoring all of that, the music itself sounds like something from a fever dream. The kind of thing you would hear if you met a deity in your sleep.

[@franciscaribeiro7441]

So I. have a ear infection at the moment that makes me listen to everything out of tune. This just sound brilliant to me at the time and super on tune on my ear, altho very dissonant.

[@AdiAdi-pr9vp]

most beautiful sound in the world .....

[@jeonzx4472]

Hello fellow grade 8 students

[@johnpaulgallardo4449]

Shout out to my fellow classmate #grade,8=jasmin

[@corinne54]

I get the rich melodic sense of the piece. It's the (seeming) lack of time signature and how they know when and how to play in unison. The man keeps some beat, but he's not always keeping time.The player on the top left is the one who evinces a sense of rhythm and being really connected to the music. Some of the players seem to be just playing it by rote, like the guy in back of him.

[@glassarthouse]

+corinne54 the time is coming from the mid-harmonies of the percussion strung together. YOu don't listen to the banging for the time you listen to the smooth harmony that is created by all those gamelan beats and you flow with that. They have a different sense of musical time in this sense. The reason, IMO, that they are able to keep it all strung together is because they are not listening to the pacing mallet to keep time. They are listening for the tone caused by all the percussion. I could e wrong. I certainly don't have that skill!

[@carljoshuacasillan7321]

I know this is your module too...

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Wag mong sabihin nadito ka lng para sa module

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Okay who's here because of f*cking online class🙂HAHAHAHAHA

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[@sunangurun113]

my like this here gamelan best the best

[@moch.sanyotosingowiguno5957]

The only one in the world......

[@bellemanuel]

Sup grade 8 students

[@EarthArtCreative]

Hello there Brian! I'm Rachel Catallo from Earthpop Studios! Thank you for sharing your video. I have featured your video on my blog under my Sachs-Hornbostel post (that classifies different musical instruments.) If you would like to check out my link, it's earthpopstudios.com and will be the first post on the page. Scroll down and there you are! Again, thank you! Be in touch.

[@annisapratiwihendraningsih9421]

The most I love when I live there

[@OsakaJoe01]

This sounds like Gamelan Gong Sekaha Budaya... Did I guess correctly? LOVE this piece.

[@ben.campbell]

Yes! Me too. Did you hear it on the Nonesuch recording?

[@OsakaJoe01]

Wow! It’s like we take a year to answer each other. 😂 I heard this in a university course on ethnic music. Loved it since. I could recognize this piece anywhere.

[@IverBG97]

To these people have any music available on spotify??

[@xtremenortherner]

Beautiful,&some intricate playing amongst the musicians!

[@confusedcaveman5678]

twice the speed, and u hear no music but just thousand bells jinggling

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Lmao g8 is hella hard

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Who's in here for modules?

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me

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mee

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This is sick! Which in America means super good. I don't know if the phrase travels or not.

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@pjd412 So you are proud of being older than me and never having heard some slang before? I don't understand. (I'm 43 by the way) It is used mostly in hip-hop. The best hip-hop raps were ill raps. Many hip-hop songs have the slang term right in the title of the track or album. Ill or sick meaning best or cream of the crop. Sorry if it offends your effete sense of language. I clarified to ensure it was seen as a compliment.

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[@nandawidyapratama7499]

thank you for your video about our culture (y)

[@parksimjang3502]

What is the mood? And tempo of the music??

[@piushofstetter3765]

Lovely..i like the Balinesian Culture

[@mukhumor]

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[@WDodds]

I listened to it at twice speed.

[@carmelooosh]

0.75 is nice

[@carmelooosh]

its gettin plunderphonic up in hurr

[@ssjwes]

you blew my mind thanks for reminding me about the speed option xD

[@nelsonjumang-itjr2021]

Hello grade 8

[@1504chan]

What time are their performances? We are visiting there next week!

[@ZGGuesswho]

holy shit this is SIIIIICCCKKK

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Filipino top comments

[@johannesbakker4330]

Can someone explain to me the precise difference between Balinese gamelan and Javanese gamelan? What about Sundanese? Or is it really a matter of different styles in different villages and at different times? I love gamelan and sometimes I try to really listen rather than just have it playing as background music (e.g. while I cook!). I learned a bit of Sundanese dance in Bandung in 1976-77. My academic articles about Indonesia are on my web pages.

[@bknkpprs787]

balinese : more faster. javanese : more slower. sundanese: similiar with javanese

[@abdulkhafidtirtojoyo]

The difference among gamelan just like music genre below: West Java/Sunda : pop Mid Java : Ballad East Java : slow rock Madura : Hard rock Bali : Metal

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oi mga grade 8 sabihin niyo salamat master briankaz

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I came here for module🤧

[@MerkinMuffly]

The original minimalists

[@Ellieakacija]

Lol literally one of my first thoughts. Totally sounds like something that Terry Riley could have composed in the early days. Maybe even a bit of Steve Reich. But definitely Riley.

[@kimpotchi6010]

How many instrument are being played in their performance?

[@briankaz]

I wish I knew! You should try to count them and let us all know. 😊

[@xuner9855]

Kendang 2 Ugal 2 Gangsa 4 Kantil 4 Jublag 2 Jegog 2 Reyong Kajar Kenong Kempur Gong Suling Rebab Cengceng

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Sangat-sangat indah,tiang seneng megambel,tapi gak mampu kayak gini.

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Ang sakit sa Tenga char HAHAHAHAHAH

[@jameerlawrencebondoc8162]

MAPEH when you turn Grade 8

[@MCBPZ]

great song keep it up

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Visit Indonesia Guys!

[@stuartdavis3063]

Love it

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

The Balinese are obsessed with percussion instruments!

[@glassarthouse]

+NostalgiaKarl Yes, but if you listen attentively, that percussion strung together so repetitively is actually creating mid-level harmonies that sound like string instruments. Very unique art style. love it.

[@hilalibnu2816]

bener-bener bagus

[@cool358]

:(

[@vidiamusics]

Nice, good performance...

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@ Luke I know you like this song

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stop stalking me

[@mahendraaditama5977]

look how fast their hands

[@chadxgaming2152]

Do musicians need not to bow in thier intrument before playing it

[@suadnyanamahardika3474]

only one in the world, the very best Gamelan so good............

[@k2d143]

gud

[@chadxgaming2152]

What is the difference between javanese and balinese

[@briankaz]

I am not an expert but I found this article to be quite informative: sinisterfrog.com/writings/gamelan#:~:text=Javanese%20gamelan%20is%20more%20traditional,and%20the%20music%20pronouncedly%20so.

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[@Kio-uc9ho]

Love india from bali

[@ce3540]

This has expanded from before when there was Kecak for Ramayana

[@purpleorange1745]

What are the musical instruments used here?

[@MeAlek]

Kosalya Arini; Légong Keraton

[@fernandezlovelyjean2]

wattsupp grade 8 student

[@sofiasoriano4879]

Are u here because of your module?

[@adrianabo5144]

English pa kayo eh tayo tayo lang naman pilipino dito Describe how the javanese and balinese musician play their instrument 😀

[@ralphlawrenceotaramelana4425]

kinda sounds like a ringtone

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Mantap 👍👍🔥🔥🙏

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Ohh your here for the module

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Adakah sobad gurun yang komen?

[@zachidgaf7525]

Hello

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Hello

[@lykajoyce1670]

What kind of Instruments are being played? I need answer asap😁

[@briankaz]

It's Balinese Gamelan, just like it says in the video title. You can find a lot of information about it, including what instruments are used, online!

[@insoytv5695]

Pumunta ako dito para sa module